The World's Most Mystifying Magician Greatest Jailbreaking Escape Artist Debunker Of False Spiritualists.   By Randi and Bert Randolph Sugar.  Publisher Grosset & Dunlap New York.  1977, hard bound with Dust Jacket, 191 pages with index having loads of illustrations and photos of Houdini from the early years and on and the best part of all, are all the photo illustrations and reproductions of paper items for a visual journey enjoyed by any Houdini Enthusiast.

Part I  The Bill

Act 1. Little Ehrich the Great

Act 2. The Houdinis

Act 3. Rising star over Europe

Act 4. American Conquest Intermission

Act 5. Sorrow, Straitjackets, and Vanishing Elephants

Act 6. Silent Movies and Spirit Mediums

Act 7. The Closing

Curtain Calls

Part II  A Peek Behind The Curtain

Houdini the Showman

The Handcuff King

Slander in Germany

To Restrain the Murderously Insane

"Failure Means a Drowning Death"

The Chinese Water Torture Cell

Condition very light foxing top page edges, otherwise very fine.